Monthly Archives: July 2011
Miss a Tweet this Week? 2011-07-17
- Come to “5th Annual WF Pancake Breakfast” Saturday, July 23 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. This is our 5th Year… http://fb.me/128hzbe8U #
Carnie Fare
Stampede Days, Rodeo Weekends and with all of them comes THA MIDWAY! Twisty turny paths of screams and jostling children crammed full of adults with their heads turned up mesmerized by the riotous gyrations of metal caged buckets on steel frames. The excitement is high and the pack mentality surges though the yards. While all this excitement is what draws some people to the over crowded theatrical presentation, to others it is the FOOD.
Corndogs, salt water taffy, Stampede Burgers and deep fried Coke. In the wholistic perspective you can’t really call it food but Mid Way Fare is what draws those who are no longer interested in the rides. Deep fried, salted and sinfully sweet mouthfuls of eternally-bad-for-you AWESOMENESS.
Gluten Free Hell? Damn Close!
It and Christmas are when I get to pining over the gluten free losses. I LOVE Corndogs and French Fries over soaked in Gravy. The smells take me back … righhhtttt… back to the time I are one of the Midway double cheese burgers with fried onions right before stepping into the caged ZIPPER. * Covers Mouth Quickly* Yup. Should have listened to my mother!
Today my Teen is heading down to the Midway with cash in hand and excitement sparkles in his eyes. The first year in the pack without a parental unit in sight. Sighs. He does his best as a teen to stay gluten free yet not be a lepper in his crowd. I give him coodos for that. Today will be a challenge. I am dropping him off and Tha Baby and I will take a walk around. I plan on scoping out the eateries and seeing what Gluten Free options MIGHT exist there!
Watch tomorrow for the scoop… or Twitter today!
He got Learnded
That is our new term. It’s like Edjamacated but it’s Learnded.
Dman seems to struggle with the whole pancake recipe following thing.
Yes, he is 14. Yes he is literate. Still, there is something about the measurements that turn invisible behind the numbers. Primarily with baking powder and baking soda.
We have all made, at least once in our life, THOSE cookies. The ones that even the dog won’t eat where, instead of 2 tsps, we add in 2 cups of baking soda. When you do that with a pancake mix, though, it converts it from a nummy breakfast covered in syrup and butter into a volcano science experiment. The first time this occurred for Dman was out camping. The zip lock pouch of premixed recipe turned into three foaming pot fulls of billowing batter. Today he learned and trusted his instincts. The liquids never hit the volatile bowl of over stacked baking soda batter.
Breakfast eventually got served with sprinkles of chocolate chips melting under golden syrup and pads of real butter but the true success was the laughter that emerged from my teenager. It is so easy to slam ourselves at the first sign of failure but the goal is to turn it around into a learning experience and fodder for success.
Cooking is an Art.
That means sometimes things turn into something we didn’t envision but it’s all an art. Gluten Free “Art” is even more challenging as we blend flours and learn new techniques but the successes are all the more sweeter!
The big breakfast is coming soon and I am training up the next spatula manager! Passing on the Flipper! Have faith though, practice will make perfect! The rewards? Goldenly Delicious!
5th Annual WF Pancake Breakfast
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5!
This is our 5th Year hosting our Wheat Free Pancake breakfast but Pancakes aren’t all you will find. Rain or shine we will be having some activities for the kids and more food than you can loosen your belt for.
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Saturday, July 23 · 10:30am – 1:30pm
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So RSVP and come have a meal that reminds you that
Gluten Free isn’t GLUTTEN free! WOOT!
Contact Dianne @ 250 316 6561 or check out the event on Facebook and hopefully see you there!
3 Sinful Traps of GF Drinking
Yesterday I posted about alcohol… Last night I drank it! Yup, a going away party for a Brazillian chap was a good enough excuse to enjoy the FIRST really summer feeling evening in weeks. Jugs of Mojitos and Dirty Mojitos ( spiced rum) circled around the table and topped up frosty glasses with lush looking greens. I passed on those and instead reached for the bottle of Disaronno. Delicious… but deadly. How so?
1) Sugar Content
For a system that has reduced sugars, right down to carbs and high GI fruits, launching into a bottle of condensed sugars is BRUTAL on the system.
2) Tha Munchies
There is something about having drinks in hand that inspires the need to also shovel snacky foods into your mouth. If you have the discipline and fortune to have a veggie platter handy then you are in luck! More than likely though, it will be bags of potato chips and other not-so-great food choices.
3) The It’s-Just-Ones
Ahhh yes, as the alcohol flows the inhibitions come down and that doesn’t just apply to ‘wink wink, nudge nudge’. That also applies to the wheaty gluten laden sweets and foods that you normally know are ‘ bad date choices’. You start to watch them from your peripheral vision and slowly start to sidle over to them. ” Just one… I am going to be hung over anyhow…” excuses start to pop to mind. Then ‘just one’ pops into your mouth. You are officially off the wagon…
For me, I also compounded the situation with Diet Coke. Aspartame laden and killer on my system, I have come to recognize the link between my Fibro reactions and the presence of this once staple item in my home. Years of thinking that the fat in foods was the villain, I would instead consume Aspartame in quantities unimaginable. Yogurts, sweets, drinks and all sorts of ” healthy options” pumped the chemical into my blood. That is a soap box for another day!
So, today I ache in ways that make me think I sprained things, I am sluggish and grey. All in all…
I knew better. But it tasted soooo goood!
Miss a Tweet this Week? 2011-07-10
- Oh man.. just had sin in a bowl! Quino-sotto. Ok… not really a name but it is now! Slow cooked quinoa with… http://fb.me/QAjMivYm #
Can I drink Rye? Isn’t it made from Grain?
It’s summer. A perfect time for Blue Paradises, Mojitos and Mr. Mike’s Double Double Martinis. BUT Can we have them? Isn’t alcohol, such as Shmirnoff Vodka, made from grains and thus NOT gluten free? more
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